On Jan. 25 at 10:55 p.m., two armed men robbed the 7-Eleven at Eighth and Maryland Ave. NE. The police arrived quicklly on the scene and took a description.

Within minutes, First District officers canvassing the neighborhood spotted a vehicle matching the description at the corner of Third and L Streets NE. When they attempted to stop the car, the driver fled.

At 2:30 a.m. this morning, a gunman in a skull cap entered a club with a large caliber weapon on the 2400 block of Benning Rd. NE; and opened fire. Five people were shot. The one woman and four men are expected to recover, police stated.